Improved horse-collar and hames



N.PETERS. PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON. D. C,

diluted' time HOWARD coNNIcK', oir-ALBERT LEA, MINNESOTA.

Letters Patent No. 93,968, dated August 24, 1869.

. IMPROVED HORSE-COLLAR AAN'ID EAMES. l s

The Schedule referred t in these Letters Patent and making parl: of the same.`

To all whom it ma/ I/ concern :v

Be it known that I, HOWARD Coninck, cfAlbejrt Lea, in the county of Freeborn, and State of Minnesota, have invented a new and improved Horse-Gollar and Tree; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this' specification.

The object of this invention is to provide an improved arrangement of horse-collar Iand tree, or haines, in combination, in one device.

The invention consists in an arrangement of collar, tree, or haines, in two sections, connected by hingejoints to a stock, maintaining them in the proper relative positions, and supporting the rein-ring and the loops for the attachment of the top bucklingstrap.

lt also comprises an adjustable tug-connection; also, an improved buckle-attachment for the lower harnesstrap.

A tachment.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A andB represent in two sections the collar, tree, or haines, shaped to tit the breast of the horse, so as to serve both thefunctions of collar andl hames, to be made preferably of wood, but may be made of any other suitable substance. v

The part B is intended to be padded, `as it bears upon a more sensitive part of the shoulder.

These two parts are connected by hinge-joints C to a stock, D, arranged to allow the necessary vibration, to' prevent the part B from acting too severely l upon the shoulderblade and the musclesthereof, but,

controlled by brackets E, so as -to maintain the .two parts properly inline.

This stock D supports the rein-ring F, and is extended upward at G, and provided with a series of loops for the attachment of the upper haines-strap.

H represents the tug-connecting link, carrying a ring I fo'r the pole-straps.

` .This link I-II is adjustably connected to and seated on curved under-cut brackets K, rising up from the front surface of the part A, and held thereon by bolts L, capable of moving up or down, for holdingth'e link in a higher' or lower position.

The lower hamesstrap buckle is secured to the part A by a clamping-attachment M, grooved in the under face., for seating the cross-bar of the buckle, and provided with a tongue, N, shown in dotted lines, which takes under a staple or perforated bracket, O, rising from the surface of the part A. rlhe other end is connected to the part A by a screw, I.

' Q represents another form 0f tug-connecting link, divested of the pole-strap ring, for such gear as does not require the said ring.

Having thus described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure' by Letters Patent, is

l. 'The combination of the parts A, B,=and D, when au'anged substantially as speciiied.

2. The Inode of adjustably attaching the tug-links Hby the under-cut brackets Kv and bolts L, arranged substantially as specified.

3. Securing the lower haines-strap buckles by means of the detachable clamps M, constructed and applied substantially in thc manner described.

HOWARD' CONNIGK.

Witnesses H. D. BROWN, N. T. SANDBURY. 

